Mining the Home Movie: Excavations in Histories and MemoriesKaren L. Ishizuka, Patricia Rodden Zimmermann The first international anthology to explore the historical significance of amateur film, Mining the Home Movie makes visible, through image and analysis, the hidden yet ubiquitous world of home moviemaking. These essays boldly combine primary research, archival collections, critical analyses, filmmakers' own stories, and new theoretical approaches regarding the meaning and value of amateur and archival films. Editors Karen L. Ishizuka and Patricia R. Zimmermann have fashioned a groundbreaking volume that identifies home movies as vital methods of visually preserving history. The essays cover an enormous range of subject matter, defining an important genre of film studies and establishing the home movie as an invaluable tool for extracting historical and social insights. |
Contents
Remaking Home Movies | 29 |
Personal Reflections on Home Movies | 47 |
Péter Forgácss The Maelstrom | 62 |
The Florida Moving Image Archive | 92 |
Something Strong Within as Historical Memory | 107 |
The Moving Image Archive of the Japanese American | 122 |
The Nederlands ArchiveMuseum Institute | 142 |
The Library of Congress | 163 |
Northeast Historic Film | 185 |
The Academy Film Archive | 209 |
The New Zealand Film ArchiveNga Kaitiaki o | 231 |
The Oregon State Historical Societys Moving Image Archives | 249 |
The Stephen Lighthill Collection at the UCLA Film | 272 |
Selected Filmography and Videography | 289 |
List of Contributors | 309 |
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